disproportionate. yes, ma am. john: that was some pretty extraordinary television we just saw there, chief robert conti of the d.c. metro police department and logan circle where that terrifying shooting was last night, saying that the problem here is that these criminals get back out onto the streets instead of being prosecuted and sent to jail, he said, jacqui, he his as mad as hell and we got to see the whole picture here. it s a combination of a lot of things, a legal guns in the street and now legal gun owners which support legal guns in the street, but also the criminal justice system is not serving the community the way that it needs to you, jacqui. jacqui: you can hear the frustration in his voice. one thing that stood out to me was he said that the courts are not open. and that that is a big cause of this. we heard the same thing from chicago mayor lori lightfoot. but there was a fact-check on that. and i think that the d.c. police
in the middle of nowhere. this was a strike within and around damascus for the first time since the crisis. this was, it s been characterized by the u.s., turkey, israel, that it was proportionate, it was targeted. they were trying to avoid any of the areas where russia may be there in syria based on what we know thus far. do you think it was a success? definitely a success. first of all, the russians are plenty of warning all week to get out of the way. as the reporter says, there was a strike close in daps cumascus. i m impressed that they went after the chemical weapons storage and research. that shows superb investigations of the targets. it was proportionate.
government will be checking everything that we are doing to make sure that we are addressing it as fast as we can to stop the shootings. d.c. crossed at the 100 homicide mark two weeks ago, it is the earliest they have crossed that threshold in 18 years, carjackings are up 74 percent in d.c. this year compared to last year, the shooting on 14th street just days after the shooting outside a mass park sending thousands of panic fans many with small children rushing to the exit. after mayor courtney was shot and killed not far from the ballpark. the man who witnessed the shooting last night from a restaurant across the street described the scene. we saw him coming with a gunshot wound and we knew that this was real and not just firecrackers. speak of the suspect from last night shooting and the suspects at nationals park and the
escalation. we know that president macron told president putin that he wanted to continue their conversation. so there was this real effort to avoid an escalatian escalation here. russia has not changed its strategic aims inside syria. there s no indication that putin did what president trump suggested, that he turn away from the dark path that he is on in supporting president assad or done what mattis suggested that russia move the u.n. toward the peace talks in geneva. quite the opposite really. we ve heard essentially a doubling down from russia s military saying that they will they re considering upgrading syria s air defense capabilities. they claim to have had success last night shooting down the number, significant number of the incoming missiles. but the underlying message here is that the the support of assad is continuing. that the military backing he gets from russia is not about to